A serial drink-driver stole his father's car then headed the wrong way along an A1 slip-road to escape police.

Patrol crews guided by the Northumbria force helicopter were closing in on Stephen Kelly after the Rover was spotted near Morpeth.

But banned Kelly, 26, high on drugs and twice over the drink limit, refused to stop and veered towards oncoming traffic, drove into the blind bend of a slip-road the wrong way and forced another car to brake.